Functional Behavioral Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Third Edition

Ennio Cipani, PhD

pages 35-45

determining the need for intervention

dangerous bahaviors,such as aggression,self-injury,and property destruction,certainly warrant immediate clinical consideration because of their potential to impact the client's ( and other's )welfare and safety.

some presenting problem behaviors are important to address because they prohibit a child or client from accessing a less restrictive educational,residential,or community environment or setting.

somethimes,a punishing consequence has to be used to override the effects of a powerful social reinforcer that the behavior automatically produces because people are people.

five steps to collecting functional behavioral assessment data

1.obtain a baseline measurement of observable problem behaviors

2.conduct an FBA

3.perform a discrepancy analysis

4.review previous treatments

5.review health and medical records

baseline measurement of observable problem behaviors

in an functional behavioral assessment,the critical first step is to define the presenting problem in discrete,observable behavior.

following is a list of behaviors you would have to pinpoint further in observable,measurable terms:

hyperactive

oppositional

lazy

uncaring 

unappreciative

disturbed

undersocialized

emotionally labile

forgetful

impulsive

spiteful 

aggresive

angry

schizophrenic

borderline personality

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need to describe specifically what the child did or did not to.

measuring observable behavior

baseline assessment:frequency of occurrence,duration(or length of time),and percentage of occurrence(interval recording methods)

definitions of common classroom problem behaviors(p.43-44)

behavior/definition

study behavior

orientation toward appropriate person or object

disruptive behavior

gross motor

getting out of seat,running,hopping,rocking,moving chair

noise making 

tapping feet,clapping,rattling,slamming or tapping

objects on desk

orienting

turning head or body away from teacher

verbalization

conversation with other students,calling out the teacher's name,coughing loudly

aggression

hitting any part of self or another person